In just 12 months, earn a Duke master’s degree while gaining business skills and entrepreneurial confidence – and potentially launch your own venture along the way.
In this program, you become part of the growing innovation and entrepreneurship community at Duke. Led by successful tech entrepreneurs in Duke Engineering and Duke’s Office of Licensing & Ventures, the Entrepreneurship Track in Duke’s Master of Engineering Management Program will teach you to:
Identify problems
Develop conceptual solutions
Build prototypes
Develop a startup strategy
Become grounded in business fundamentals—including marketing, management, finance, and intellectual property/business law. In addition, undertake special coursework in tech innovation, prototyping, and startup strategy. The program’s technical electives will strengthen your ability to innovate—whether within an established company or in your own venture.
A growing need within small and large corporations is to cultivate an intrapreneurial environment. Duke’s Entrepreneurship Track provides engineers with the agility required to innovate across the enterprise.
Lee Clark-SellersInnovation Officer, Ply Gem Industries, Inc.
Entrepreneurship Track
EGRMGMT 532: Advanced Finance
EGRMGMT 542: Competitive Strategies
EGRMGMT 560: Project Management
EGRMGMT 572: Innovation Management
EGRMGMT 576: Design Thinking and Innovation
BME 790: Clinical Skills Immersion
BME 790: Advanced Biomedical Design 1
BME 790: Advanced Biomedical Design 2
I&E 590 Special Topics: Mission Driven Startup
I&E 748 New Ventures: Discovery
I&E 750 New Ventures: Development
ENVIRON 767: Entrepreneurial Experience
Fall
Spring
Summer
EGRMGMT 510:Marketing
EGRMGMT 520: Intellectual Property, Business Law, and Entrepreneurship
EGRMGMT 551: Engineering Management Internship Assessment: Pitch Development
BME 790: Clinical Skills Immersion
EGRMGMT 576: Design Thinking and Innovation
I&E 748: New Ventures: Discovery
I&E 750: New Ventures: Development
EGRMGMT 501: Seminar and Workshop
EGRMGMT 501: Seminar and Workshop
Christensen Family Center for Innovation (CFCI)
Students have access to CFCI, a Duke-Engineering-led center that integrates needs-driven design experiences, entrepreneurial education, startup resources, and a team of advisors – each of whom is a successful entrepreneur. Learn more about CFCI.
Graduate Certificate
Students may also pursue Duke’s Graduate & Professional Certificate in Innovation & Entrepreneurship while fulfilling the Entrepreneurship Elective Track for their Master of Engineering Management. More at entrepeneurship.duke.edu.
Duke has brought together an all-star team. This expertise, along with a proven process, will give you the tools to bring your ideas to life.
Robert J. CoyleSenior VP Pharma & Healthcare Strategy, Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.
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